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| Green Diamonds highlights the ongoing
efforts of Mitsubishi companies to foster a greener,
more sustainable planet
and brighter, more vibrant communities through wide-ranging environmental and
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| Mitsubishi Chemical and Mitsubishi Plastics in April
2011 launched the ALPOLIC®/gioa® range of building-integrated
photovoltaics (BIPVs) that combine thin film solar
cells with ALPOLIC aluminum composite panels. The BIPVs
are formed by laminating amorphous silicon thin film solar
cells onto ALPOLIC building panels. Solar cell modules
for buildings have traditionally been mounted on flat roof
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ALPOLIC/gioa BIPV product photographs
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panels allow ALPOLIC/gioa BIPVs to be installed on most parts
of the building envelope, including walls and other vertical
surfaces. This offers cost advantages over the use of non-integrated
systems in new buildings by reducing the amount
spent on building materials and
labor.
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ALPOLIC/gioa BIPVs installed on the Constec
Engi,Co. head office building, Osaka
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ALPOLIC building panels installed on the
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| ■http://www.m-kagaku.co.jp/newsreleases/2011/20110228-1.html
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| Note1 : ALPOLIC and gioa are registered trademarks of Mitsubishi Plastics and Mitsubishi Chemical
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| In 2008 IT Frontier Corporation started a program in
which employees give up their time to make picture books
for children in Asia. The text from Japanese books is
translated into Cambodian, Laotian and other languages
and printed on adhesive paper which IT Frontier Corporation staff sticks over the
Japanese text during lunch breaks. |
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| © Shanti Volunteer Association
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The
voluntary program
runs all year round
at the company’s
branch offices and
stores as well as
at head office and
new employees
participate as part of
their CSR training.
The books are
donated to schools in Asian
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nonprofit organization.
The company also runs a
Recycle Book Aid program
in which money raised
from recycled books is
donated to help finance
educational programs for
children in Asia.
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| ■http://www.itfrontier.co.jp/corporate/csr/activity/social_contribution.html
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| Woodlands play a vital role in conserving biodiversity, in
preventing natural disasters and especially in protecting
water quality. Since 1999, Kirin Brewery, a group company of
Kirin Holdings has been working with local communities to
conserve woodlands close to the company’s breweries and
which provide the water used to make beer. The company implemented forestry programs which saw 2,000 people planting new trees and clearing undergrowth in 15 woodland |
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water areas throughout Japan in 2010.
Kirin’s “Protecting Water’s Blessings” movement
comprises three programs, “Woodlands Water,” “Voluntary
Conservation of the Environment” and “Cooperative
Conservation of the Local Environment.” In this the
International Year of Forests, Kirin will continue its
commitment to these activities as well as further promoting
communication with local communities.
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